Moroccan fishermen oppose a deal which could force them to compete with European boats in their own back yard. French firm Amesys is accused of helping the Gaddafi regime spy on Libyan civilians. More than a year after the Tunisian revolution, the race is on to lure tourists back to the former holiday-makers’ hotspot.
Serbia received EU candidate status in March. But what do Serbians expect from Europe? We speak to Zeljko Joksimovic, a popular singer who flew the Serbian flag at the Eurovision song contest in Baku. We also find out about China’s growing ambitions in the Balkans. Finally, we take you for a very sculptural walk through the streets of Belgrade.
Against all the odds, Tomislav Nikolic defeated liberal incumbent Boris Tadic in the presidential election. A nationalist with close ties to Moscow, Nikolic has reinvented himself as pro-European but many doubt the sincerity of his commitment to the EU. We also board the Belgrade-Sarajevo express that reconnects Serbia and Bosnia, 20 years after the start of the war. And we tell you why a Serbian comedy has changed attitudes towards the country’s gay community.
François Hollande steals the show at his first late-night EU summit but the ball remains firmly in Angela Merkel’s court. Her constituents remain torn between paying for pain they don’t (yet) feel and shouldering the blame for an eventual collapse of the euro.
As we head towards key parliamentary elections on June 10th and 17th, the new French president and government are making their first steps. François Hollande went to Berlin, the US and Brussels in the space of a week. A man elected after a campaign focused on domestic topics is now mostly busy with international issues, from the Greek crisis to the war in Afghanistan.
World powers and Iran both gave positive signals as talks began Wednesday, with EU foreign chief Catherine Ashton (file photo) hopeful that Iran would respond positively to a new offer designed to persuade it to scale back its nuclear programme.
Serbia has elected a new president - and it's not the one that most people were expecting. Tomislav Nikolic has unseated Boris Tadic, the man in power since 2004. Observers are worried about the new head of state, who used to be part of the ultra-nationalist Radical Party. He once said he would prefer to be allied with Russia than join the EU, but he has since toned down the rhetoric, saying he will take Serbia to Europe after all.
Talks to form a new Greek government collapsed last Tuesday, forcing the country's president to call new elections in June. Greece faces weeks of instability and threatens to plunge the whole of the eurozone in a new crisis. Has Greece become ungovernable? Christophe Robeet speaks to Anni Podimata, Vice-President of the European Parliament and member of the Greek Socialist party.
Christophe Robeet speaks to Vuk Jeremic, Serbia's foreign minister. The upcoming presidential run-off will determine the future direction of Serbia. The country is currently split between East and West, between Russia and the European Union.
French President-elect François Hollande said Friday he would stick to his optimistic deficit-reduction targets, despite the European Commission saying it only forecast 1.3 percent growth for France next year versus Hollande's aim of 1.7 percent.
